“Dan people, who are also known by the name Yacuba, live in the western part of the Ivory Coast and into Liberia where the land is forested in the south and bordered by a savannah in the north. The 320,000 Dan people make their living from farming cocoa, rice and manioc. Before unifying secret societies were set up at the turn of the century, each Dan village was an autonomous socio-political unit governed by a chief elected on the base of his wealth and social position. Today, the leopard society acts as a major regulator of Dan life and initiates young men during their isolated periods of three to four months in the forest. Dan people have achieved notoriety in the area for their entertainment festivals which were historically village ceremonies, but are today performed largely for tourists. During these festivals, masked performers dance on stilts.”
Art from this Tribe
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Dan We Guere Mask 9″ – Ivory Coast – African Art
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Dramatic Dan Guere African Mask 11″ w/ Custom Stand- Ivory Coast
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Dan Bete Guere African Mask 15″ on Custom Stand – Ivory Coast
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Ornate Dan Guere Mask 13″ – Ivory Coast – African Art
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Zoomorphic Dan Guere Mask 30″ – Ivory Coast – African Art
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Four-Eyed Dan Wobe Bird Mask 20″ – Ivory Coast – African Art
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